Réuni le vendredi 4 novembre 2011 au Musée national du Mali, le jury* des 9es Rencontres de Bamako – Biennale africaine de la photographie- a décerné les prix suivants aux artistes de l’exposition panafricaine, qui est présentée au Musée national du Mali.

Prix Seydou Keïta

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In Pieter Hugo's new series, Permanent Error, the artist depicts a technological wasteland in Ghana. On the outskirts of a slum known as Agbogbloshie, lie piles of discarded computers and electronic parts, many of which were donated by the UN in their effort to close the digital divide. Amid the toxic scene, Mr. Hugo takes portraits of young people w...

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« Nous sommes tous des cannibales. Le moyen le plus simple d’identifier autrui à soi-même, c’est encore de le manger. » Claude Lévi-Strauss,1993

Jusqu'au 15 mai 2011, la maison rouge organise une exposition consacrée à la question de l’anthropophagie et &ag...

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Tout au long du mois de Mai à Toronto au Canada, le Festival Scotiabank CONTACT présente dans 200 lieux de la ville des expositions, installations publiques, projections, films, conférences et stages à environ un million de visiteurs. Nous vous présentons ci-dessous le contenu de ce festival, qui présente le meill...

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The most recent publication from the award-winning photographer Pieter Hugo reveals the devastating consequences of toxic waste on one community in Africa.

In his previous well–received volumes of photographs, Hugo offers unflinching yet striking portraits of humans, animals, societies, and landscapes that shock and d...

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New York - Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce the highlights of the forthcoming Photographs sale on Saturday 9 April 2011, to be held at its Park Avenue location.

“We are looking forward to bringing the Photographs preview to our flagship space at 57 Street and Park Avenue. The uptown location will ...

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Win a complete photobook production: The Dummy Award 2011 of the 4th International Photobook Festival, Kassel, Germany, June 1.-5.

Submit your unpublished photobook and win a complete photobook production. The 50 best books will be exhibited at the festival. A jury made up of internationally renowned members will s...

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Brodie/Stevenson launches its new gallery space at 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein, with a solo exhibition of new work by Pieter Hugo.

For the past year Hugo has been photographing the people and landscape of an expansive dump of obsolete technology in Ghana. The ...

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Conceptual background:
The non-profit organisation Kulturverein Bild und Kunst eV Trier is proud to announce that the first edition of the fototagetrier, the Trier Photo Days, will be held in 2010. The festival, which was conceived as a triennial event, will invest various museums and exhibition spaces in the city of Trier. Entitled “LEBEN elementar”, the first edition intend...

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For the past year Hugo has been photographing the people and landscape of an expansive dump of obsolete technology in Ghana. The area, on the outskirts of a slum known as Agbogbloshie, is referred to by local inhabitants as Sodom and Gomorrah, a vivid acknowledgment of the profound inhumanity of the place. When Hugo asked the inhabitants what they called the pit where the burning takes place, t...

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